Many Christian groups and organizations call themselves Bereans, but it
is surprising how few people know what a true Berean is.
The 17th chapter of Acts relates how Paul called upon his kinsmen at
Thessalonica and for three sabbath days “reasoned with them out of
the Scriptures,” trying to show them that Jesus was the Christ.
Steeped in their own religion, however, the majority were unwilling even
to consider the truths Paul proclaimed. Indeed, they resented the fact that
some did believe and, in their bigotry, “set all the city on an
uproar.” Finally Paul’s life was in such peril that the
Christians there sent him away by night to Berea, a town about forty miles
away.
At Berea Paul again sought out his “kinsmen according to the
flesh” — and what a different reception! Here is what the
record says:
“THESE WERE MORE NOBLE THAN THOSE IN THESSALONICA, IN THAT THEY RECEIVED THE WORD WITH ALL READINESS OF MIND, AND SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY, WHETHER THOSE THINGS WERE SO” (Acts 17:11).
These people did not immediately close their eyes to further light. On
the contrary, they gave Paul an interested hearing, listening with open
minds to what he had to say. But they were not gullible either for, having
listened to Paul, they subjected his word to God’s Word, searching
the Scriptures daily to see whether those things were so. For this God
called them “noble.” They were the true spiritual aristocracy
of their day.
We should all be Bereans, spiritually big enough to listen with open
minds to the teachings of men, and then big enough too to subject their
teachings to the Word of God, the Bible, to see for ourselves whether these
things are so. Our Lord said: “Search the Scriptures…
for… they… testify of Me” (John 5:39). As we do this we
will find eternal life — and more — in Christ.
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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Acts 16L31 Romans 1:16, and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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